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GEORGE L. MORRISON, or HUDSON, MICHIGAN.

PAPER BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 28, 1914.

Application filed September 19, 1913. Serial No. 790,643.

To all whom it may concern. i

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. MORRISON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hudson, in the county of Lenawee and State ofMichigan, have invented a certain new and useful Paper Box; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to' the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to foldable boxes.

It has for its object, particularly, to provide a foldable blank whereinthe folded parts of the blankmay be securely locked in box formposition, thereby giving a permanent character to the box when formed. Apart of the blank forms the cover of the box and is foldable over thetop of the box. It has a hinged relation to one of the side walls of thebody of the box. Locking tongues, and slots therefor, are used forsecuring the parts of the blank in folded or box shape relation. Thelocking tongues have foldable ears. The tongues with ears folded areinserted bodily through theslots and the ears when unfolded engage withthe side walls of the box in such a way that they will not permitseparation of the parts when under tension.

The invention may be contained in many forms of receptacles. To showthat constructions containing my invention are operative and that theinvention is practicable I will describe and illustrate a particularembodiment of the invention which I have selected as an example of suchconstructions, it being understood that it may be greatly varied bythose skilled in the art and yet such modifications will still containmy invention.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a receptacle containingthe invention. Fig. 2 is a blank from which the receptacle shown in Fig.1 is formed, and Fig. 3 shows the cover and its position on thereceptacle when closed.

In Fig. 2 is illustrated a box blank, which is foldable along scoredlines 2 located on the front of the box which forms the inside Thescored lines divide the blank into parts which correspond to the partsof the box and cover. They form the bottom wall 1, the front wall 3, therear wall 4,

and the side walls 5 and 6. They also form the cover .7,"the frontflange 8 of the cover and the side flanges 9-10. The walls and flangesare secured in position by tongues and slots. The tongues 11, 12,13, 14,15 and 16 are formedby the score lines and by incisions in the blank.The tongues c0- operate with the slots 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 to lockthe parts in position. The tongues may be located on opposed walls andthe slots maybe located in the adjoining walls. The slots are locatedparallel to the corners of the box'from which the tongues extend.

The walls 3, 4, and 6 are folded so as to form an angleof 90" with thebottom :1, and the tongues are folded inward, while the ears are foldedoutward. The tongues are tiien inserted in the slots. The tongue 11 isinserted in the slot 17, and the tongue 12 is inserted in the slot 18.The tongue 13 is inserted in the slot 19, and the tongue 14 is insertedin the slot 21. The tongue 15 is inserted in the slot 20, and the tongue16 is inserted in the slot 22. The tongues will be securely locked inposition and cannot be withdrawn therefrom without ripping off,

the ears.

The corners of the flange of the cover are inclined to spread and engagewith objects when the box is in use. It may, however, be secured inposition by means of the slots 30 and. 31 located in the box and theshort tongues 32 and 33 located on the flanges of the cover. The tonguesmay be directed into the slots 30 and 31. The edges of slots will holdthe tongues 32 and 33 is position.

In order to present uniformity of arrangement of the box and also thatthe slots 30 and 31 may be covered up, the tongues 13 and 14 are locatedon the rear wall 4 of the box and locked into the walls 5 and '6. Theslots 30 and 31 are located in the tongues 13 and 14 and are covered bythe side walls 5 and 6. WVhen the short tongues 32 and 33 are insertedinto the slots 30 and 31 they are directed in between the tongues 13 and14 andthe side walls 5 and 6 which tend to hold the tongues 32 and 33and the side flanges of the cover in planes parallel to the planes ofthe side walls.

The tongues are provided with ears which extend laterally on oppositesides of the tongues. The ears 23 have scorings 24% .lo cated along theside thereof and on the back of the blank, that is, on the back oroutside of the blank or box. They also have scorings 25 which connectincisions forming the ears 28. The scorings 25 connect across the neckof the tongues and are located on the front or the inside of the blankor box. When the tongues are to be inserted in the slots the ears arefolded outward along the scoring lines 24 and then the outer ends of thetongues are folded inward along the scoring lines 25 whereupon the outerends of the tongues together with the ears folded are inserted into theslots. The length of the slots are made substantially the same as thewidth of the necks of the tongues. The ears lock the tongues in theslots and when the ears are open they press outwardly against the innersides of the side walls which hold them in substantially the same planesin which the ends of the tongues are located and substantially parallelto the planes of the side walls against which they press.

Having thus described my invention, what and cover, tongues located atthe ends of partsforming opposed side walls and flanges of the box andcover, and slots located in parts forming adjoining walls and flanges ofthe box and cover, said tongues having ears located on opposite sidesthereof to engage the adjoining side walls at the ends of the slots wheninserted in the slots the tongues located at the ends of the rear wallof a box having slots, the ends of the side flanges of the cover havingshort centrally located tongues insertible into said last mentionedslots and between the end walls of the box and the tongues of the backof the boxes for holding the side flanges of the cover to the ends ofthe box.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE L. MORRISON. Witnesses:

CHAS. G. WHITNEY, V]. I1. THOMPSON.

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